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Prostitutes in literature

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7 works

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    Figures of ill repute : representing prostitution in nineteenth-century France / Charles Bernheimer.

    Bernheimer, Charles, 1942- | Date: 1989
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    The prostitute in African literature / Fikeni E.M.K. Senkoro.

    Senkoro, Fikeni E. M. K., 1951- | Date: [1982], ©1982
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    Scenes of seduction : prostitution, hysteria, and reading difference in nineteenth-century France / Jann Matlock.

    Matlock, Jann, 1955- | Date: [1994], ©1994
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    Walking the Victorian streets : women, representation, and the city / Deborah Epstein Nord.

    Nord, Deborah Epstein, 1949- | Date: 1995
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    Infamous commerce : prostitution in eighteenth-century British literature and culture / Laura J. Rosenthal.

    Rosenthal, Laura J. (Laura Jean), 1960- | Date: 2006

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